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• A Dutch Robespierre? Dissertation sheds new light on Leiden revolutionary Pieter Vreede News - 11 June 2025

  Leiden patriot Pieter Vreede fought for greater popular influence. Historian Dirk Alkemade reveals how this pioneer used radical means to shape Dutch democracy.

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  Jonathan Phillips Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.p.phillips@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Dirk van der Hoeven Assistant professor

  d.van.der.hoeven@math.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277146

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  Flor Miriam Plaza del Arco Assistant professor

  f.m.plaza.del.arco@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Stefan Cetkovic Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.cetkovic@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Cor Veenman Postdoc / guest

  c.j.veenman@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275772

• From Scribe to Screen: Sources and Approaches to Global History in the Digital Age [COGLOSS x GLOBALISE] Event - 18 March 2025

  Lecture, COGLOSS x GLOBALISE Webinar

• Science on Insta: are influencers helping get young women (back) into reading? News - 7 February 2024

  Dutch influencers like Romy Boomsma and Nina Pierson have a huge following on Instagram and are increasingly sharing book tips there. Researcher Aafje de Roest wants to find out more about the reading culture they are promoting and its effect on the reading habits of their mostly young female follow…

• Introducing 'Everyday Postsocialism in Eastern Europe: History Doesn't Travel in One Direction' (Purdue Univ. Press, 2024) Event - 27 March 2025

  Lecture, Austria Centre Leiden Lunch Talk

• Contemporary Art History and Theory in a Global Perspective - Joint Art Talk by Matthew Rampley and Vera Wolff Event - 7 May 2026

  Alumni event, Arts and Culture

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  Femke Reidsma

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  Patrick Degryse Guest researcher

  p.a.i.h.degryse@arch.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Aleksandrina Skvortsova Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.skvortsova@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Chris Verhoeven Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  verhoeven@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5274069

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  Sanne Kellij PhD candidate / guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  s.kellij@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Thirza Bolhuis PhD candidate

  t.k.bolhuis@liacs.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Carlijn Bergwerff Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  c.e.bergwerff@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mandy de Wilde Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  m.de.wilde@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Jeshua Tromp Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.j.tromp@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Ruthie Pliskin Assistant professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  r.pliskin@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276762

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  Floor van Meer Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  a.f.van.meer@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Franz Wurm Assistant Professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  f.r.wurm@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Verena Ly Senior policy adviser

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  v.ly@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 31634522637

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  Brenda de Groot Guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  b.de.groot@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Xiaochen Zheng Researcher

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  x.zheng@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Hans Thuis PhD Candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  j.a.j.thuis@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Mily Crevels Guest researcher

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.i.crevels@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Tony van der Togt Dual PhD candidate/guest

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  a.m.van.der.togt@fgga.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Albert Logtenberg Assistant professor

  ICLON

  a.logtenberg@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278506

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  Mingran Cao PhD Candidate/ Self funded

  Faculty of Humanities

  m.cao@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Stephan Raaijmakers Professor

  Faculty of Humanities

  s.a.raaijmakers@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5278332

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  Hein Drop PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  h.g.drop@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Lieske Huits University lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

  e.j.g.m.huits@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272648

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  Maha Ali Teacher

  Faculteit Governance and Global Affairs

  m.ali@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 070 8009500

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  Elise Storck Teaching Methodologist for History

  ICLON

  storck@iclon.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5276489

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  Reinier Baarsen Professor emeritus

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.j.baarsen@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Timothy de Zeeuw PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  w.j.t.de.zeeuw@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5273244

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  Rong Yuan PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

  r.yuan@hum.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5271646

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  Eva Drommel PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Rechtsgeleerdheid

  e.r.drommel@law.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5277239

• Vein Men / Vein Women? Bloodletting Diagrams, Medical Practice and Gender in Later Medieval Europe Event - 21 November 2025

  Lecture, Research Seminar Medieval and Early Modern History

• Engaging society in our research and teaching: what's the status at Leiden University? News - 15 November 2023

  You may know it by the umbrella term 'citizen science'. You may also use terms such as volunteer mapping, patient co-researcher, or even community engaged learning to describe participatory practices in your research or teaching. No matter what you call it, there’s plenty going on when it comes to this…

• The Western Part of the East Indies: Colonial Worldmaking and Global Knowledges at the Early Modern Cape Colony Event - 13 November 2025

  Lecture, Global Histories of Knowledge Seminar

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  Zsuzsika Sjoerds Associate professor

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  z.sjoerds@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5275437

• Why is it now that the Left has momentum in Latin America (and how long it will last) News - 5 September 2022

  The left is gaining more and more ground on the political map of Latin America, with the elections in Colombia as the most recent example. But what’s behind this pull to the left? Professor of Modern Latin American History Patricio Silva talks about the current political situation in the region.

• Treating military matters as military science - a lecture on Russian military concepts from 1853 to the present day News - 12 May 2023

  Recently, Engin Yüksel gave a lecture on Russian military concepts from 1853 to the present day and his observations on the Russo-Ukrainian war at the Faculty of Humanities, premised on his recently completed doctoral research.

• ‘Liberal American foreign policy was always entangled with illiberal interests’ News - 25 July 2022

  American foreign policy in the period after the Second World War is often characterised as liberal. This is, however, not the full picture, argues university lecturer Andrew Gawthorpe. He has been awarded a Vidi grant to research and rewrite this popular narrative.

• The eternal student: exhibition travels through 450 years of studying News - 23 April 2025

  Over the centuries painters and photographers have depicted students at study in Leiden. An exhibition at the Hortus botanicus reveals the similarities and differences in 450 years of student life.

• How gas conflicts between Ukraine and Russia were the precursor to war News - 19 November 2024

  The war between Ukraine and Russia is playing out not just on the battlefield but also on the geopolitical playing field of gas. Conflicts at the start of this century about this energy source were, says PhD candidate Ilia Barboutev, a precursor to today’s war.

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  Niels van Willigen Professor by Special Appointment in Strategic Studies

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  willigen@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727

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  Juan Masullo Jimenez Assistant professor/guest

  Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences

  j.masullo@fsw.leidenuniv.nl | 071 5272727